Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison H. Reed, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Harrison H. Reed registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Harrison H. Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison H. Reed
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reed in Austin County
- Madison Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
Reeds elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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